Cannabis Regulations in Connecticut (2026)
20 rules on the books across Connecticut, 11 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Dispensary Zoning
Where cannabis businesses may locate, the zones that allow retail, the buffer distances from schools and parks, and the cities that ban commercial cannabis activity entirely.
Connecticut: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsConnecticut lets any municipality prohibit cannabis retailers outright, or restrict their hours, signage, and location…
Read full rule →Bethel
Heavy RestrictionsBethel's 2024 zoning rewrite lists 'Dispensary Facility' as not permitted, marked X, in every business and industrial…
Read full rule →Ridgefield
Heavy RestrictionsRidgefield bans every kind of cannabis establishment, including dispensaries, retailers and cultivators, anywhere in…
Read full rule →Bristol
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Bristol, Connecticut caps hybrid cannabis retailers at two citywide under Code of Ordinances § 13-124(b)…
Read full rule →Danbury
Significant RestrictionsDanbury allows cannabis dispensaries, hybrid retailers, and retailers only in the CA-80 and CG-20 districts by special…
Read full rule →Hartford
Significant RestrictionsHartford has not opted out of cannabis: its Zoning Regulations require a special permit for cultivators in the CX and…
Read full rule →New Britain
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of New Britain, medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use cannabis retailers may locate only in the B-2…
Read full rule →New Haven
Significant RestrictionsNew Haven has not opted out of cannabis retail: delivery and transport are allowed by right, while producers…
Read full rule →Stamford
Significant RestrictionsStamford's medical marijuana dispensaries run under a separate zoning track from adult-use retail. Special Permit only…
Read full rule →Stratford
Significant RestrictionsThe Town of Stratford, Connecticut allows cannabis dispensaries, retailers and hybrid retailers only in the LBB, CA…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Significant RestrictionsWest Hartford has not opted out of retail cannabis: its zoning code confines cannabis retailers, hybrid retailers and…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Some RestrictionsNorwalk lifted its 2022 moratorium on cannabis establishments and now allows them to operate citywide, but caps the…
Read full rule →Buffer Zones
Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.
Danbury
Significant RestrictionsDanbury bars cannabis dispensaries within 500 feet of parks, schools, day cares, and houses of worship, and within…
Read full rule →Hartford
Significant RestrictionsHartford requires cannabis retailers to sit at least 1,500 feet from another cannabis retail parcel and 500 feet from…
Read full rule →New Britain
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of New Britain, cannabis dispensaries and retailers must sit at least 200 feet from any church, school or…
Read full rule →New Haven
Significant RestrictionsNew Haven zoning bars cannabis establishments within 500 feet of any school property line and keeps dispensaries…
Read full rule →Stamford
Significant RestrictionsStamford keeps adult-use cannabis retailers at least 3,000 feet from any other dispensary, 1,000 feet from schools and…
Read full rule →Stratford
Significant RestrictionsStratford, Connecticut prints one fixed cannabis buffer: no cannabis establishment on a site less than 1,500 feet from…
Read full rule →Bristol
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bristol, Connecticut, a cannabis establishment not specified in the zoning regulations cannot locate…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Some RestrictionsWest Hartford's zoning code bars cannabis sales within 500 feet of any school, municipal park, municipal recreational…
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